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ID number: BIRRC-D0398 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Cotton textile Object type: Textile
Place made: Akwele, S.E. Nigeria Culture: Igbo Collector: Danford, John Materials: Cotton Measurements: 177 x 177 cm
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This piece shows white warp with thin alternating red lines throughout. The weft is white with black banded supplementary weft-float patterns, alternating with weft-float diamond and square motifs. It was lent to the Danford Collection by John Danford in 1964 and purchased in 1975.
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